1980 Press Photo Arthur Hoener won $1 million lottery - mjb72079

Have you dreamed of hitting the lottery big and solving a lot of your problems? Your chances of winning $1 million are one in 10 million, according to the Massachusetts state lottery. To win $100,000, you would have to beat odds of five million to one. Arthur Hoener, who had never won anything in his life, beat both those incredible odds on a total investment of a little more than $1,000. The odds against winning both are about one in 50 trillion - that's trillion!- according to William E. Perrault, mathematician and director of the Massachusetts lottery. And it's the first time it has happened in the nine-year history of the state's lottery. Hoener won $1 million in May 1977. Last October he hit again for $100,000. But the lifestyle of the 51-year-old Hampshire College art teacher hasn't changed dramatically. He isn't throwing money away.

Photo measures 8 x 10.75 inches. Photo is dated 12-28-1980.

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